Today, federal authorities recommended a “pause” in administration of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine while the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigate unusual, potentially fatal clots in six women that occurred 6 to 13 days after vaccination. The clots occurred in veins that drain blood […]
All adults will soon be eligible for a COVID jab, and people are asking, “Which one should I take?” You may have to take what is available, but here are some considerations. Varying percentages are given for efficacy, but these are based on small numbers of people getting infected, so the variance may be wide. […]
With all adults soon to be eligible to get a “free vaccine,” and large efficient distribution centers in many areas, what are you waiting for? “Amazing” is the word that Dr. Monica Gandhi used in her 13-minute presentation on COVID-19 vaccines. Dr. Gandhi is a professor of medicine at the University of California at San […]
After more than a year of public health exhortations, and 168 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, pandemic fears are still running high, states the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS). Public health officials and vaccine makers acknowledge that the products have not been shown to prevent disease transmission. Measures such as masking and social […]
Do you know what your mask is made of? Your mask will keep you from inhaling at least some infected droplets that are too large to get through the gaps, but at the price of inhaling whatever tiny particles are coming from the mask itself. Some worry that mask components may be the new asbestos, […]
How much confidence do you have in a new product that has been tested for only a few months? People are clamoring to get the new COVID products, including those who might have been in the placebo group in the Pfizer and Moderna trials. Now, they can get their shots because trials that were supposed […]
After more than a year, SARS-CoV-2 is still killing people. But we are learning more about how it does its lethal damage. Although COVID is thought of as a respiratory disease, many victims have damage to their heart and other organs, plus neurologic symptoms such as headaches, impaired consciousness, hallucinations, loss of smell and taste, […]
By Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD – https://marilynsingletonmdjd.com/ Discarded surgical masks strewn along the sidewalk aptly represent COVID-19’s lasting legacy. The federal medical bureaucracy’s response to the pandemic has resulted in a wasteland of lost economic and educational opportunities, psychologically damaged children, terminally lonely nursing home residents, and lives lost to suicide, illicit drug overdoses, […]
Despite following prescribed masking and distancing measures, family physician Craig Wax, D.O., of Mullica Hill, N.J., a member of the board of directors of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), became very ill with COVID-19. He describes his experience and his early home treatment regimen, in the spring issue of the Journal of […]
Like most of us, you ae probably longing for a return to normal. Getting everybody vaccinated is supposed to be the way back, but the official word is “not yet” even if you have gotten your shot. Continue wearing your mask and keeping your distance. The Biden Administration has announced a $1.5 billion taxpayer-funded advertising […]